Miscues the norm for April track

6:51 AM,
Apr. 10, 2013

Bloom-Carroll junior Sydney Peters knocks the bar off during one of her high jump attempts Tuesday.

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Bloom-Carroll's home track meet against Bishop Ready on Tuesday saw it's fair share of missteps. Hurdles were knocked over, long jump and high jump steps miscalculated and awkward baton exchanges.

The Bulldogs topped the Knights 68-60 and 64-56 in the boys and girls meets, respectively, but the technical slip-ups are indicative of early-season track and field.

"I'm not frustrated because I've been doing this so long, this is what happens this time of year," Bulldogs boys coach Tom Sarsfield said. "This is the first step in really fine-tuning the stuff. We got to look for May." ...